Stoner sweeps final Phillip Island practice

Home star Casey Stoner increased his Phillip Island advantage to over one-second during Saturday morning's final practice session for the Australian MotoGP.

Riding in cooler condition than day one, Stoner - who held a 0.9s advantage in each of Friday's practices - went a further 0.334s under what had already been race lap record pace to finish FP3 with a best time of 1m 29.665s.

That form again kept the Repsol Honda star, chasing a sixth successive Phillip Island win in his penultimate MotoGP race, comfortably clear of the opposition throughout.

Stoner, who has a special helmet design, set his best time on lap 15 of 19 with five of his laps under 1m 30s.

Due to the cool conditions, the soft specification tyres were the preferred choice, with title contenders Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa again best of the rest behind Stoner.

Lorenzo - second on Friday morning, then third in the afternoon - broke the 1m 31s barrier for the first time this weekend.

The Yamaha star improved on his best Friday lap by 0.321s to be best of the rest behind Stoner, but 1.019s adrift.

Lorenzo, who holds a 23-point advantage over Pedrosa, will be champion if he can beat the Honda rider - and finish on the podium - on Sunday.

Pedrosa had a less successful morning, unable to beat his best Friday time and concluding the session in third place, 1.316s behind team-mate Stoner.

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